[The links in the following paragraph, which is an edited excerpt from chapter 9 of my eBook, aren’t necessarily written by members of the body of Christ, but the writers do seem to have a somewhat decent understanding of what it means to “rightly divide the word of truth,” so I still recommend reading them.]… Continue reading The “charismatic” spiritual gifts aren’t for the body of Christ today
Category: Body of Christ
What Christians don’t understand about unbelievers
There are three main factors that keep the majority of people (including Christians) from understanding what Scripture is actually talking about in most passages. I’m not going to get into all the details here, since I’ve done so in various other places on this site, but as a refresher, these three factors are: 1) Not… Continue reading What Christians don’t understand about unbelievers
Myths and misunderstandings about the Snatching Away
There are a lot of myths and misunderstandings that come up anytime someone begins discussing “the Snatching Away” (which is what those of us in the body of Christ tend to call the event generally known as “the Rapture,” although, for the sake of familiarity, I’ll refer to it as the Rapture for the duration… Continue reading Myths and misunderstandings about the Snatching Away
Some more questions
I recently shared some questions I like to ask people to determine whether they actually know much about Scripture or not, and whether they’re likely to have anything useful to teach me from a spiritual perspective. I have a few additional questions, however, that are important for all Christians to ask themselves: If your answer… Continue reading Some more questions
How should we then really live?
This is part 15 of my Biblical Universalism series of articles on the subject of biblical soteriology (the study of salvation), along with various topics related to it. The theological facts laid out in this article are required reading in order to truly understand what the Bible has to say about morality and life as a Biblical Universalist,… Continue reading How should we then really live?
Biblical threats explained
This is part 14 of my Biblical Universalism series of articles on the subject of biblical soteriology (the study of salvation), along with various topics related to it. Part 13 is available here: Objections answered Please note that I’m including many of my scriptural references in the links (which are are the underlined words throughout the article), and… Continue reading Biblical threats explained
In Christ shall all be made alive
This is part 12 of my Biblical Universalism series of articles on the subject of biblical soteriology (the study of salvation), along with various topics related to it. Part 11 is available here: How can you be “born again” if you weren’t even born a first time? Please note that I’m including many of my scriptural references in… Continue reading In Christ shall all be made alive
He was buried
This is part 5 of my Biblical Universalism series of articles on the subject of biblical soteriology (the study of salvation), along with various topics related to it. Part 4 is available here: What is death? Please note that I’m including many of my scriptural references in the links (which are are the underlined words throughout the article),… Continue reading He was buried
Salvations
[This article is currently being updated, just FYI. I’ll remove this notice from the top of the article when the updates are complete.] This is part 1 of my Biblical Universalism series of articles on the subject of biblical soteriology (the study of salvation), along with various topics related to it. The theological facts laid… Continue reading Salvations